Skye, Meall An Duna, Greshornish
Fort (Period Unknown)
Site Name Skye, Meall An Duna, Greshornish
Classification Fort (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 11151
Site Number NG35SW 1.01
NGR NG 3368 5408
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11151
- Council Highland
- Parish Duirinish
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG35SW 1.01 3368 5408.
(NG 3368 5408) Dun (NR)
OS 6"map, (1969)
A fort on a ridge named Meall an Duna. It is sub-rectangular on plan measuring internally approximately 30.0m N to S by 20.0m transversely within a robbed wall 3.6m thick, in the N, where both inner and outer facing stones survive intermittently, and traceable elsewhere only as a rickle of stones indicating the remains of the wall core. In the W a broken line of facing stones at the brink of the slope above the cliff seem more likely to be a stabilizing face rather than the outer wall face. The entrance is not evident. A ruinous modern wall crosses the fort from N to S.
RCAHMS 1928; Visited by OS (ASP) 1 May 1961 and (RL) 20 October 1971.
Field Visit (24 May 1921)
Dun Meall an Duna, Greshornish.
On the summit of a rocky ridge, Meall an Duna, rising about 150 yards from the north-eastern side of a small artificial loch some 500 yards west of Greshornish House, at an elevation of about 150 feet above sea-level, are traces of a dun. On the eastern and western flanks the ridge rises in rocky scarps to a height of from 20 to 40 feet above its surroundings, while the ends rise less sharply. The fort is roughly egg-shaped and measures internally about 90 feet in length from north to south and some 66 feet in width at most. It has been defended by a stone wall built on the edge of the rocks. This has almost disappeared, but on the northern end a bank of stone and earth, 11 feet in breadth and 3 feet in height, remains.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 24 May 1921.
OS map: Skye xvi.
Field Visit (22 November 1990)
This fort measures 28m from N to S by 18.3m transversely within a wall 4m in maximum thickness. The wall is best preserved on the N where it is about 1m high. There are traces of a stony bank running across the interior from N to S.
Visited by RCAHMS (SPH) 22 November 1990.
Note (16 January 2015 - 30 May 2016)
This small fortification is situated on the summit of a rocky ridge rising some 10m or so above the surrounding moorland. Sub-rectangular on plan, it measures 28m from N to S by 18.3m transversely (0.05ha) within a wall 4m in maximum thickness and where it is best preserved on the N 1m in height. The entrance is not visible, and the only feature within the interior is a stony bank that crosses from N to S and is probably associated with the settlement of later buildings that lies around the foot of the ridge.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 30 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC2706
